Month in Review [May 2013]

May was a great month for me, but I ended up turning in my lowest movie-watching total since I started blogging. In fact, in the last week of the month I watched five films, just one less than I was able to see during the first three weeks total! I did manage to finish a handful of video games (including Retro City Rampage, which I had been stuck in the final castle since the beginning of the year) and watched the conclusions to two of this year’s better comedies, Parks & Recreation and The Office. The summer in general is looking increasingly busier, but I hope to at least make more significant progress in my 50 Movies Project next month.

Movie of the Month: This kind of spoils my upcoming post(s), but Sweet Smell of Success was absolutely brilliant. Cannot wait to share my full review of this classic soon.

Dud of the Month: Nothing I watched in May was outright bad (aside from the “so bad it’s good” The Room), but I didn’t find Star Trek as engrossing as nearly everyone else has. I was into the origin stories during the first act, but once it fell into the generic sci-fi/action blockbuster formula, it lost me. I wanted to finally catch up with it in case I wanted to see the sequel in theaters, but I felt pretty underwhelmed.

How about you guys? What’s your favorite movie/game/show out of those listed? What’s the best film you watched last month?

You guys are building my The Room expectations too high. I am telling you, It will have to perform very well to meet them now. 😀

I remember watching Star Trek when it came out. I remember I liked it. I had never seen anything related to it before and I did not fall in love with it either but I liked it. Maybe 7/10 on your scale. And loved The Sessions last year. It made my top 10.

Wow, busy month for you Eric! Oh you saw Hard Boiled, that’s John Woo’s right? I’ve been wanting to see that for ages as I like the cast too. Looking fwd to your review on that one. Glad you enjoyed The Sessions and Robot & Frank, two wonderful and heartfelt indies I saw last year.

Oooh really? Then you must check out Face/Off. I LOVE that movie, perhaps one of my fave Nic Cage roles. He and Travolta played a dual role (when you see the plot you’ll know why) and I thought both did a good job. I like Woo’s action style. Yes it’s over the top at times but it’s cool, I even like his doves 😀